Ruby O'Donnell

O'Donnell was born in Chicago Warrington and grew up in Appleton. She has two brothers.{{cite news|url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/10714835.Appleton_youngster_makes_Hollyoaks_debut/|title=Appleton youngster makes Hollyoaks debut|date=4 October 2013|work=Warrington Guardian|publisher=Newsquest|access-date=24 October 2013}} She attended Grappenhall Heys Primary School and then Bridgewater High School. She took acting classes at Little Stars Stage School.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/leisure/interviews/11326247.hollyoaks-star-ruby-going-back-to-roots-in-stage-show/|title=Hollyoaks star Ruby going back to roots in stage show|journal=Warrington Guardian|date=8 July 2014|access-date=19 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://bridgewaterhigh.org/news/british-soap-awards-success/|title=British Soap Awards success for Ruby!|website=Bridgewater High School|access-date=19 January 2021}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/14528354.appletons-ruby-odonnell-wins-british-soap-award-she-feels-like-the-luckiest-girl-in-the-world/|title=Appleton's Ruby O'Donnell wins British Soap Award: 'She feels like the luckiest girl in the world'|journal=Warrington Guardian|first=David|last=Morgan|date=1 June 2016|access-date=19 January 2021}} From 2019 to 2023, O'Donnell was in a relationship with professional rugby player Sam Halsall.{{cite news |last1=Anderton |first1=Joe |title=Hollyoaks star Ruby O'Donnell confirms she's dating rugby league player Sam Halsall |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a30377032/hollyoaks-ruby-odonnell-dating-rugby-league-player-sam-halsall/ |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=Digital Spy |publisher=(Hearst Magazines UK)}} In July 2024, O'Donnell confirmed that she was dating her Hollyoaks co-star Nathaniel Dass.{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Susannah |title=Hollyoaks' Ruby O'Donnell confirms romance with co-star |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a61531489/hollyoaks-ruby-odonnell-nathaniel-dass-romance/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=3 August 2024 |date=8 July 2024}}

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In September 2013, it was announced that O'Donnell had been cast in Hollyoaks as Peri Lomax, the youngest child of the newly established Lomax family.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/news/a516039/hollyoaks-ste-hays-three-sisters-revealed/|title='Hollyoaks': Ste's sisters revealed|website=Digital Spy |date=17 September 2013|publisher=}} Of the family's arrival, executive producer Bryan Kirkwood commented: "I was conscious of the fact that Ste was languishing on his own with no family around him. I'm eager to bring in a strong female force."{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/hollyoaks/articles/all/new-family-to-join-hollyoaks/849|title=Hollyoaks - Articles - New Family to Join Hollyoaks - All 4|website=www.channel4.com}} On 23 November 2014, it was announced that O'Donnell's character would be involved in a teen pregnancy storyline alongside character Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins). The storyline was devised as an effort to promote safe sex.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a611893/hollyoaks-to-air-baby-storyline-for-peri-and-tom.html#~pnyeLGcJA78gov|title=Hollyoaks to air baby storyline for Peri and Tom|work=Digital Spy|access-date=7 September 2015}} On the storyline, O'Donnell said "Some of the scenes have been hard to tackle because I am still quite young and I've had to do a lot of research for them. I am younger than Peri, as she is just turning 15 and I'm only 14 myself. So I’ve done the research to help with my performances and to find out how teenagers actually do react in these situations." She also said, "When I was first told about the story, I was nervous and didn’t know what to expect, but then I had a lot of meetings about it with the show’s executive producer Bryan Kirkwood, the storyliners and the other producers. They explained it to me and made me feel a lot more comfortable about it. Now I've got into it, I'm very excited about the storyline and I'm really enjoying doing it."{{cite web|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/national/11820997.Hollyoaks_actress_Ruby_O_Donnell_daunted_by_pregnancy_storyline/|title=Hollyoaks actress Ruby O'Donnell daunted by pregnancy storyline|work=The Northern Echo|access-date=7 September 2015}}

For her role as Peri, O'Donnell has been nominated twice in the Inside Soap Awards in 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-tv/hot-tv/401302/Hollyoaks-leads-Inside-Soap-Awards-nominations|title=More awards upset? Hollyoaks bags most Inside Soap Awards nominations|work=Daily Star|date=23 September 2014 |access-date=22 November 2015}} and 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.insidesoap.co.uk/revealed-the-shortlist-for-the-inside-soap-awards-2015/|title=Revealed the shortlist for the Inside Soap Awards 2015|work=Inside Soap|access-date=22 November 2015}} In August 2017, O'Donnell was longlisted for Best Young Actor at the Inside Soap Awards,{{cite news|last1=Harp|first1=Justin|title=Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks all make the Inside Soap Awards longlist|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/news/a836154/inside-soap-awards-longlist-coronation-street-eastenders-emmerdale-hollyoaks/|access-date=22 August 2017|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|date=22 August 2017}} however she did not progress to the shortlist.{{cite news|last1=Kilkelly|first1=Daniel|title=Inside Soap Awards 2017 shortlist revealed – which Corrie, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars are up for prizes?|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/news/a841879/inside-soap-awards-2017-shortlist/|access-date=4 November 2017|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|date=31 October 2017}} O'Donnell has also been nominated for Best On-Screen Partnership with Hollins, and was also nominated for Best Young Performance in 2015 and 2016, the latter of which she won.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/british-soap-awards-2015-full-list-of-nominations-where-to-watch-and-everything-else-you-need-to-10254416.html|title=British Soap Awards 2015: Full list of nominations, where to watch and everything else you need to know|work=Evening Standard|date=15 May 2015 |access-date=22 November 2015}} O'Donnell's character has since developed a relationship with Juliet Nightingale (Niamh Blackshaw), for which the pair received a nomination for Best Soap Partnership at the I Talk Telly Awards.{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Elliot |title=I TALK TELLY AWARDS 2021 Nominations |url=https://www.italktelly.com/post/i-talk-telly-awards-2021-nominations |access-date=22 January 2022 |work=I Talk Telly |date=14 November 2021}}

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